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Show Another Russian Battleship Sinks. Tho battleship Orel, which was brought to Cronstadt somo days ago to rccclvo her main bnttory nnd to bo given tho finishing touches beforo going go-ing Into commission, suddenly sank at her anchorngo on tho night ot May 20. Vlco Admiral Rojcstvensky, com-mnndcr-ln-chlcf of tho Baltic squadron, wns Instantly callod from SL Petersburg, Peters-burg, and under his supervision tho work of pumping cut nnd raising tho Orol wno begun. The ship was raised and was found to bo undamaged, Bavo that her lntorlor was filled with dirty salt water. Some ono had opened tho Kingston valves, permitting tho water to rush In. |